Posted by David Stephens on July 13, 1998 at 18:07:14:
In Reply to: blue the skeptic posted by rpcman on July 13, 1998 at 11:16:59:
: : Most people on this BB, however, seem to have been taught a deception, believed it, and then assumed that all religion is false because of their experience with a false religion.
: As I told you before it was because of the nonsense in the Bible that I left Mormonism--not the other way around.
I really get tired of hearing the dogmatic whine about how some exMormons have thrown the baby out with the bath water. I've the same experience as rpcman--I left the myths of Christianity rather than specifically leaving Mormonism. I hadn't even seen any "anti-mormon" information until after I became ex-xian (unless you count general skepticism sources as being "anti-mormon").
I even recall a mindset I had for a short time after dumping Christianity where I felt that even though I couldn't subscribe to Christianity anymore, if I had to be Christian, I'd be a Mormon. At that time I knew all Christianity was moldy baloney, but I felt Mormonism was the "best" of the fiction-based systems.
Blue, I know you accept that some people look at the 'false religion' of mormonism and find their way out... but the reality is that the same 'escape' often happens for some from YOUR religion--deal with it. Here's a thought for you: do you suppose if you had lived my exact life, had my experiences, learned what I learned, etc., etc. would you be ex-xian also? If not, why? And if so, what does that say about your "Truth"?